Like a blast from the past. Upon climbing into the LX 570 for the first time, I went through my usual new-test-car ritual: repositioning the seat, steering wheel and mirrors, setting my radio presets, plugging in my iPhone and setting up Apple CarPlay…only to find myself stymied at that step, because the LX 570 doesn’t have Apple CarPlay. It’s one of the few cars left on sale today that don’t — and not because, like Tesla and Rivian, they have a corporate desire to avoid it, but just because the damn truck is so old. (Again, perspective: when Lexus launched the LX 570, the iPhone hadn’t even gone on sale yet.)

That alone might be enough reason to wait for the LX 600 for some; after all, the LX 570’s infotainment system is hardly best-in-class (although thankfully, it integrates touchscreen tech in addition to Lexus’s accursed targeting reticule touchpad), and smartphone integration remains one of the biggest breakthroughs in in-car navigation since, well, digital in-car navigation. But if you prefer paper maps and CDs to Google Maps and Spotify (oh, yes, the LX still has a CD player), you likely won’t mind the setup once you get used to it.

One feature that I certainly won’t complain about: the plethora of physical buttons. Sure, they’re a little busy in places — the mess of buttons, knobs and toggles below the shift lever looks straight out of a 747 — but there’s no worrying about diving into digital menus and submenus to change drive settings, climate control functions, or volume or music channel. Indeed, once you’ve set your radio presets, you might only need to use the infotainment screen once in a blue moon.

On the comfort and space side, there’s little to complain about, as you’d expect from a Lexus with a price tag closing in on six figures. The seats are supportive and pleasant even on a six-hour drive, and there’s plenty of room to spread out. Of course, all that only applies to the first two rows, not the token fold-away third one that’s practically a throwback to the days of jump seats; folded up, they take up an unpleasant chunk of the cargo bay, while folded down, they’re only good for small people and short trips. Lexus offers the LX 57o in two-row, five-passenger form as well; I highly recommend taking them up on that.